1. God meets us in our isolation.
A. The reality of our crisis: God often lets us reach the end of our own strength so that we finally look to His.
B. The Divine Initiation: Jacob didn’t start the fight—the man initiated it.
2. True Blessings Demand Total Honesty:
A. God was unmasking the deceiver
B. There’s a price to transformation: God cannot bless who you are pretending to be. God only blesses who you actually are.
3. Brokenness accompanies Breakthrough:
A. The sacred limp: when you truly encounter God there should be some permanent lasting change in our life.
B. Weakness as Strength
In Closing: Don’t tap out in the dark! The struggle is real but so is our Savior.